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Our manic Monday had us diving headfirst back into the regular routine, after the lad’s Spring break ended. And I managed to submit my application for the McKnight Fellowship (for photography) with just 58 minutes to spare before the deadline. Go me! After work I engaged in hectic errand-running before the big Morrissey show. He is still quite the showman. The crowd was inspired to remain standing for the duration. Thankfully my much taller companion traded places with me so I had a better view when Morrissey ripped his shirt off - the second time. Our seats were so close I could even see the buttons flying. I concur with another friend who said: “The stage rushers really made the night complete for me, especially the one that went tumbling off the stage with the security guard.” Good fun.

Yesterday was a bit off but not in a bad way. The lad is usually with my ex on Tuesday nights but we switched it up this week (so I could see Morrissey). The boy is so used to having Pizza Luce every Tuesday that I acquiesced to his demands. After dinner it was playground time which saw us swinging side by side in the cold sunshine. We warmed up at the co-op on the way home. Back in our hood I noticed some Xcel Energy trucks on our street and knew that the power was out. Again. My son just wanted to kick back with some Netflix Instant on our big TV. When he realized that wasn’t an option he was all “awwww man, what am I gonna do now?” But he brightened upon finding his Nintendo DS was still charged. Kids these days. I enjoyed a bubble bath by candlelight but was disappointed I didn’t have enough light to read by. Naturally the power returned just as I was ready to crash for the night.

Five good things:

• This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk - listening to Death’s …For The Whole World To See. The Dusted review is spot on. “Fiercely energetic, it sounds so rooted in such a particular time and place that it has a kind of canonical familiarity, like something that’s been played on the radio for years.”
• If Homer’s Odyssey Was Written On Twitter and twitter street art.
• Dutch farmers tip-toe through the tulips as landscape is transformed into a spectacular display of colour. Gorgeous.
• Been enjoying the Arthur Mag blog, Fuel Friends Blog, Psychic Snerts and Cryptomundo.
• Michel Gondry is making his own version of The Green Hornet with Seth Rogen in the lead role and the unstoppable Stephen Chow as Kato. Don’t know how I’d missed this news before. This is one remake I can get behind.

Hopefully I can quell the urge to crash early tonight. I’ve secured the services of a sitter so that I may attend some of tonight’s highly anticipated shows. Sad to skip Fucked Up and Quintron & Miss Pussycat but the Midway corridor is calling to me. Blank Dogs (so excited!) and White Mice at the Turf Club and Burning Star Core and Paul Metzger at Big V’s. But I’m all achey, like I’ve been roughed up. Though I don’t recall any such thing happening. Guess it’s just life roughing me up. I’m opting to treat myself to a massage for Mother’s Day. I deserve it.